The diamond makers
By: Robert M. Hazen.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Diamonds, Artificial.; High pressure (Technology)
Description: "Spanning centuries of ground-breaking science, bitter rivalry, outright fraud, and self-delusion, The Diamond Makers is a narrative centered around the brilliant, often eccentric, and controversial pioneers of high-pressure research. This blend of dramatic personal stories and extraordinary scientific advancesand devastating failures - brings alive the quest to create diamond.

Scientists have harnessed crushing pressures and scorching temperatures to transform almost any carbon-rich material, from road tar to peanut butter, into the most prized of gems."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.